This question goes out to all the broker/managers out there...So right now we are in a period of major growth. We are opening our 3rd office in less than a year, have plenty of leads and a great system to keep them coming. But we are very specific about the quality of agent we bring into the fo
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10/08/2006
As Realtors who have access to a large amount of buyer leads we are constantly exposed to a lot of attention from mortgage brokers.As the manager of my company it is even worse for me because not only do they want my leads but they are also looking for introductions to my agents so they can start
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10/07/2006
Keep an ear out for people you meet you own their own website!Right now I am in the process of find cheap effective ways to drive more and more local traffic to my website to help grow my business. In life it always seems that when you have a goal you become more attuned to opportunties that you
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10/07/2006
I recently met a website developer/promoter who shared secrets of success with me about an international e-commerce website which was making him hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.Blogs were high on the list. He also mentioned that by changing your website a little bit every week or mont
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10/07/2006
On my site, www.highendchicago.com , I offer clients and agents alike the ability to sign-up for my monthly newsletter which keeps my network informed about what is going on in the industry and in the neighborhoods that I specialize in.To facilitate this I collect the 5-7 best articles I have com
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10/06/2006
In the interest of taking full advantage of the networking aspect of this site I would like to offer those realtors operating in markets outside of Chicago an opportunity to request referrals from me.Our company website draws in leads from all over Chicagoland including suburbs that our office do
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10/06/2006
The best complement to a good guerrilla marketing campaign is a strong, informative website. When it comes to web shoppers, your website is the closer. If you have a well setup website you will be able to keep visitors on your site and interested for longer. If you have appropriate lead capture
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10/04/2006
The bar none most cost effective way to generate new business and help sell the listings you already have is guerrilla marketing coupled with a good personal agent website. My personal favorites are as follows -1.) Asking the establishments you frequent to feature brochures and or business cards
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10/04/2006
As most of you are away blogging is probably the best way to drive traffic to your site and increase your ranking on the search engines like google or yahoo. Other methods which I am familiar with include adjusting font size and placement of the key words you want to emphasize. For instance if y
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10/04/2006
Real Living Helios Realty is the first brokerage in Chicago to adapt the 'podcast' to help advertise their listings.In essence, the virtual tour is taken to the ipod. Buyers with video ipods can now conduct their real estate searches virtually anywhere they can take their ipod! All they have to
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10/04/2006
